Necktie-retainer.



BEST AVNLABLE COP" No. 769,757. PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904.

L. N. MARGIL.

NEOKTIE RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

FIE?! UNITED STATES WEST AVAlLABLE 6GP" Patented September 13, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

NECKTlE-RETAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 769,757, dated September 18, 1904.

Application filed February 7, 1902. Serial No. 93,004. (No modelfl To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS NAPOLEON MARorL, a citizen of the United States, residing at hoes, county of Albany, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Retainers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements; and it consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings,and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

' Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures.

Figure l of the drawings is a view in rear elevation of a bow-necktie provided with my improved retainer. Fig. 2 is a View in front elevation, showing the ends of a collar with my improved necktie-retainer applied thereto, the bow or tie being omitted and its position indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a view in rear elevation of the retainer detached. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the collar-engaging wire. Fig. 6 is a cross-section taken on the broken line 6 6 in Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is an end view of the retainer as shown in Fig. 3.

The object of my invention is to support a bow or tie in proper position in connection with the collar of the wearer.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a supporting-plate forming one of the branches of a piece of sheet metal bent to U shape, said plate being providedwith means for securing thereto a tie or bow, .as the apertures 2, permitting the sewing of the plate upon the back portion of the tie in the manner shown in Fig. 1. The other branch, 3, of this sheet-metal U-shaped member'is formed with a slot 4, adapted to receive the shank of a collar-button the head of which is located upon the branches of the U-shaped member. This slotted branch 3 can thus be hooked upon the collar-button and supported thereupon with its connected tie. The wire 5 is provided at its opposite ends with hook-terminals 6, adapted to engage the lower edge of the collar 8 in the manner shown in Fig. 2. This wire may be secured to the U-shaped supporting member in any known manner.

I have shown the U-shaped supporting member provided intermediately of its branches with introverted lips 7 and the wire provided intermediately of its ends with a loop or offset 9, inserted and secured between said introverted lips and the body portion 10 of the U- shaped member, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6. The retainer may be fixedly secured to the tie in any known manner, and when so secured the tie 12 can be supported and retained in proper position in relationto the collar of the wearer by slipping the slotted hook member 3 over the collar-button and then springing the ends of the wire 5 downwardly until the hook-terminals 6 thereof are made to engage the lower edge of the collar on opposite sides of the collar-button 13.

The wire 5 is made of resilient material, and thus supports the slotted member 3 upon the collar-button and at the same time prevents disengagement of the hook-terminals 6 from the edge of the collar.

The retainer can be worn with either a standing or fold collar.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v 1. A necktie-retainer comprising a sheetmetal plate bent to U shape, one branch thereof being provided with means for securing the same to a bow or tie and the other branch being formed to engage a collarbutton; in combination with a wire having at its opposite ends hook'terminals adapted to engage the edge of a collar, and its intermediate portion mounted upon said U-shaped plate.

2. A necktie-retainer comprising a sheetmetal plate bent to U shape, one branch therel l l f being provided With means for securing Jhe same to a bow or tie, and the other branch oeing formed to engage a collar-button, and gintermediately of said branches lips introvertled from opposite edges of the plate; in combinati0n with a Wire having at its opposite ends hook-terminals adapted to engage the f edge of a collar, and an ofiset middle portion REST AVAlLABLE COP" secured between said plate and introverted lips, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of January, 1902.

LOUIS NAPOLEON MAROIL. Witnesses:

FRANK O. CURTIS, E. M. OREILLY. 

